A forty-seven-year-old Rome woman was charged with animal cruelty this past week after authorities found that she had a five-year-old dog that was neglected.  Officials say that the dog had not been fed and needed medical condition.  They also said that the do was living in unsanitary conditions and was tethered to a tree at the woman’s home in Garden Lakes. The suspect said that the dog suffered from a medical condition that makes it difficult to gain weight.  Evelyn Michelle Moore was arrested and booked into the Floyd County Jail on animal cruelty charges.

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